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About the Role

As a Cost Consultant, you will be involved in preparing Cost Management reports, interfacing with clients and consultants, assisting in research related to construction market conditions in Canada, knowledge management, quality control, feasibility studies, procurement reports, estimating and cost planning, validating post-contract cost changes, value engineering, life cycle costing, and assisting the commission manager to ensure commissions are managed to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.

Responsibilities

• Preparing Cost Management reports for all asset classes
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Assisting in research related to construction market conditions throughout Canada, including analysis of official published data
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
• Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits
• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Validating post contract cost changes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
• Inputting into value engineering and life cycle costing
• Assist commission manager ensuring commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time
• Assist commission manager ensuring service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years experience in cost estimating positions across all project phases
• Knowledge and proficiency with cost estimating tools

Skills

• Cost estimating
• Cost Management
• Client interfacing
• Research
• Knowledge management
• Quality Control
• Feasibility studies
• Procurement reports
• Estimating
• Cost planning
• Value engineering
• Life cycle costing

Location

• Canada

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 3 years experience in cost estimating positions

Education Level

• Engineering / Construction Management Degree and/or Certification or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• $75,000 - $120,000 per year

Benefits

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
• Health spending account
• RRSP option with company matching
• Annual learning and development budget
• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
• Comprehensive package of Vacation days, flex days and sick days.

About the Company

• Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
• Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.
• Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
• Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
• We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest.
• Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
• Our inspired people share our vision and mission.
• We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• We want our people to succeed both in work and life.
• To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Equal Opportunity

• At Turner & Townsend, we wholeheartedly adopt diversity.
• This dedication extends to our team, clients, and communities.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other legally protected grounds.
• We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
• Turner & Townsend is dedicated to encouraging a safe, healthy, and accessible environment.
• We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request.